Astor
The silence in the room was a lie. Outside, the world was screaming.
I had another kid. A daughter. A little girl, perfect and new. This was supposed to be the moment. The peak. The damn happiest moment of my life.
But it wasn’t.
l can never get a chance to breathe. Somebody took her. They stole her before Faith, before her mother, even got to hold her. We don’t even know what she looks like or who she looks like between the two of us. Just a gaping hole where she should be.
I couldn’t be weak right now. I didn’t have the right. My family needs me, and most of all, the daughter I have never met or seen needs me. I have to bring her home.
My fists were tight, my jaw locked. On any other matter, I would rely on the closer allies around here. Connor is a brilliant neighboring alph
